The First Issue of Puss Puss Magazine, Featuring Ai Weiwei

Using cats as a jumping off point to delve into art, fashion, environmental issues and more

In a world where the permakitten Lil Bub has her own media empire and Grumpy Cat graces the cover of Time magazine, an annual internet cat video festival attracts tens of thousands of people and Karl Lagerfield’s dear Choupette is the face of Shu Uemura’s beauty campaign; the feline frenzy doesn’t seem to be declining anytime soon. Raising the bar for cat-inspired creativity is London-based …

Cool Hunting Video: Magician Doug McKenzie

Street magic meets technology with mind-bending performances from this contemporary illusionist

For the second video from our Lincoln Hello Again Series, we spent several days with an enchanting man. Doug McKenzie (who has produced magic for the likes of David Blaine) is one of the world’s premiere close-up magic artists. But Doug’s interest in the illusion goes far beyond typical street magic; he has made it his mission to incorporate new technologies into his work, making …

Summer Dreams at Het Nieuwe Instituut

Archivist Alfred Marks curates the Rotterdam institute's architectural materials to tell the story of how the Dutch spend their leisure time

Having served as an archivist at Rotterdam’s Het Nieuwe Instituut, for the past two decades, Alfred Marks is making a curatorial debut with “Summer Dreams,” an exhibition inspired by the way the Dutch spent their leisure time in the last century. Through his impressive experience with the institute’s 550+ archives—which cover the work of countless Dutch architects and designers from the period 1850-2000—Marks noticed a …